JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2153

of wire and gorse fencing, valued at £70. Section 3—65 chains of wire fencing and 52 chains of gorse fencing, valued at £40. Section 4—40 chains of wire fencing and 105 chains of gorse fencing, valued at £46. Section 5—156 chains of gorse fencing, valued at £45. Section 6—22 chains of wire fencing and 87 chains of gorse fencing and three-quarters of an acre of plantation, valued at £42. Section 7—200 chains of wire and gorse fencing, valued at £50. Section 8—200 chains of wire and gorse fencing, 36 chains of gorse fencing, and a belt of plantation trees, valued at £90. Section 9—180 chains of wire and gorse fencing, plantation, sheep-yards, and concrete dip, valued at £160. Section 10—106 chains of wire and gorse fencing, and orchard; valued at £63. Section 11—156 chains of wire and gorse fencing, and plantation: valued at £55.

DESCRIPTION.

This settlement is situated nine miles from Timaru by dray-road.

Section 1.—Altitude, from about 200 ft. to 1,270 ft. This section is intersected by a steep terrace, on top of which there are about 100 acres of good agricultural land in old grass. The balance consists of good tussock limestone land, and very little is suitable for cultivating. Watered by small creek and dam.

Section 2.—Altitude, about 1,200 ft. Easy, undulating downs; good agricultural land; about 220 acres ploughable. At present in old grass, with about 30 acres in fed-off turnips. Watered by small creek and two small dams.

Section 3.—Altitude, from 600 ft. to 1,150 ft. Partly undulating downs, the remainder rather steep and broken in places; good agricultural land, of which about 130 acres have been ploughed. A small area is at present in fallow and in fed-off turnips, and the steeper portion in good grass. Well watered by small creek and dam.

Section 4.—Altitude, 600 ft. Good undulating agricultural land; about 30 acres in oaten stubble, 6 acres in Italian rye-grass, the remainder in old grass; and watered by small creek and dams.

Section 5.—Altitude, 500 ft. Good undulating agricultural land; about 50 acres in fallow, the balance chiefly in oaten stubble. Watered by small creek and dam.

Section 6.—Altitude, 550 ft. to 1,100 ft. Undulating downs; good agricultural land; about 180 acres ploughable, of which 40 acres are fallow, the balance in old grass and fed-off turnips. Watered by creek.

Section 7.—Altitude, 220 ft. to 1,270 ft. A steep terrace intersects this section, which consists of about 100 acres of good agricultural land; 50 acres steep tussock, and the balance undulating tussock land; all well grassed. Watered by creek and dam.

Section 8.—Altitude, 200 ft. to 1,100 ft. A steep terrace intersects this section, which consists of about 105 acres of good agricultural land in old grass, 80 acres of well-grassed broken country, 15 acres mixed bush, and the balance tussock land well grassed. Watered by small creek and dam.

Section 9.—Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,100 ft. About 30 acres of broken country, with plantations and native bush, the balance good agricultural land; about 90 acres in old grass; the remainder in fed-off turnips. Watered by small creek and dams.

Section 10.—Altitude, about 600 ft. Flat, undulating, good agricultural land, mostly ploughable, all in fair grass. Watered by dam and small creek.

Section 11.—Altitude, 200 ft. to 600 ft. About 20 acres facing south rough and steep, 40 acres good sloping country; balance flat and undulating, good agricultural land. Watered by dam and creek.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMATE COUNTY. — WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—BOURNDALE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £70, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 14s. 7d. Total half-yearly payment, £74 10s. 1d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,960, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £76 8s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £163 5s. 10d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £11 14s. Total half-yearly payment, £91 2s. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the prices of the sections consist of: Section 1—203 chains of gorse fencing and 153 chains of wire fencing, valued at £123; Section 2—315 chains of gorse fencing and 33 chains of wire fencing, valued at £192; Section 3—199 chains of gorse fencing, 6 acres blue-gum plantation, windmill and tanks, valued at £435; Section 4—232 chains gorse fencing, 109 chains wire fencing, orchard, plantation, sheep yards and dip, and water service, valued at £400 (the water-pipes on this section have to be maintained in good order by the lessee); Section 5—242 chains gorse fencing, windmill, and water service, valued at £145 (there is an easement of 50 links covering the water-pipes and reservoir; the cost of the maintenance of this water service has to be equally defrayed by the lessees of Sections 4 and 5); Section 6—146 chains gorse fencing and 76 chains wire fencing, valued at £60; Section 7—140 chains gorse fencing and 102 chains wire fencing, valued at £58.

The improvements which are not included in the values of the sections, but which must be paid for separately, consist of: Section 2—cottage, four rooms, £70. Section 4—large two-storey house, about eighteen rooms, plastered and papered, with all conveniences, in good order; store; coach-house and harness-room; stable; wool-shed; implement-shed; dairy (brick): total, £1,960. Section 5—cottage; grain-store and loft, with concrete floor: total, £300.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This settlement is situated about six miles from Maki-kihi Railway-station by dray-road, and about eight miles from Waimate Township, at an altitude of about 300 ft. to 500 ft. It is flat and undulating country, and all good agricultural land. There is a school within a radius of half a mile.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WILLIAM WALLACE KING .. Putaruru.
WILLIAM ANDERSON GLENDINNING .. Blackmount.

As witness my hand, this twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

ISLINGTON, Governor.